Cairo, Rabi'I 12, 1438, December 11, 2016, SPA -- Five people are dead and 16 injured after an explosion near Cairo's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the Health Ministry reports, according to dpa. The blast is thought to have been caused by a bomb, according to Egyptian media. Security forces have rushed to the site of the blast in the Cairo district of Abassiya in the vicinity of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and cordoned off the scene, a security source says. --SPA 13:38 LOCAL TIME 10:38 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w287827